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State  Superintendent  of  Schools 
Under  Authority  of  the  State  Board  of  Education 
September,  1918 


CARSON  CITY,  NEVADA 

State  Printing  Office-Joe  Farnsworth,  Superintendent 

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CERTIFICATION  OF  TEACHERS  IN  NEVADA 
Announcement  of  State  Board  of  Education 

As  amended  April  4,  1916.  In  effect  on  and  after  September  1,  1916. 


CERTIFICATION  ON  CREDENTIALS 

Men  and  women  from  other  States  who  seek  appointment  in 
Nevada  schools  may  apply  for  license  to  the  State  Board  of 
Education,  and  certificates  will  be  issued  them  in  accordance 
with  the  general  practice  of  such  interchange  between  differ¬ 
ent  Commonwealths  of  the  Union ;  provided,  each  candidate 
furnishes  satisfactory  proof  of  good  moral  character,  sound 
physical  health,  adequate  liberal  study  and  professional  train¬ 
ing,  evidence  of  successful  teaching  (in  case  the  candidate  has 
already  served  as  a  teacher  elsewhere),  and  a  certificate  of 
the  State  from  which  the  candidate  comes  showing  that  the 
candidate  is  duly  licensed  there  for  the  grade  of  school  in 
which  he  seeks  an  appointment  in  Nevada. — Resolution  of 
State  Board  of  Education. 

An  applicant  holding  a  standard  college  or  normal  diploma,  or  a  life 
certificate  of  any  State,  may  submit  this  in  lieu  of  examination ;  and 
in  the  case  of  a  college  diploma  there  must  be,  in  addition  to  the  regu¬ 
lar  college  work,  a  proper  showing  of  educational  work.  On  such  col¬ 
lege  diploma  a  high-school  certificate  may  be  issued;  on  the  normal 
diploma,  a  first-grade  elementary  certificate ;  and  on  the  life  certifi¬ 
cate,  a  certificate  of  appropriate  grade,  though  not  necessarily  of  the 
same  grade;  provided ,  “that  no  high-school  certificate  shall  he  granted 
upon  any  credential  not  equivalent  to  a  diploma  of  graduation  from 
a  science  course  or  the  liberal  arts  course  of  the  University  of  Nevada, 
together  with  the  required  training  in  educational  subjects .”  (Quota¬ 
tion  from  Section  30  of  School  Code.) 

In  presenting  a  college  or  university  diploma  as  a  credential  of 
application  for  a  high-school  certificate,  the  applicant  must  show  that 
he  has  had  sixteen  semester  units  of  education  in  a  standard  institution 
of  learning.  If  a  normal-school  diploma  is  presented  as  a  credential 
for  a  first-grade  elementary  certificate,  it  must  be  from  a  state-sup- 
/  ported  normal  school,  showing  a  full  two-year  course  above  a  standard 
four-year  high  school. 

Limited  certificates  of  other  States,  or  city  and  county  certificates 
>  thereof,  are  not  recognized  for  certification  in  Nevada. 

See  “Special  Certificates  for  Vocational  Subjects.” 

No  certificate  will  be  issued  to  any  person  under  18  years  of  age. 

ELEMENTARY  CERTIFICATES  ON  EXAMINATION 

The  subjects  in  which  applicants  are  required  to  pass  satisfactory 
examinations  for  elementary  certificates  are : 


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Mental  arithmetic,  physiology  and  hygiene,  orthography,  English 
grammar,  written  arithmetic,  drawing,  United  States  history,  reading, 
general  history,  current  events,  geography,  music,  business  forms  and 
elementary  bookkeeping,  penmanship,  civics,  theory  and  methods. 

Examinations  for  teachers’  certificates  are  held  semiannually  in 
different  parts  of  the  State  in  June  and  December.  These  examina¬ 
tions  are  uniform  and  are  all  held  under  the  authority  of  the  State 
Board  of  Education. 

Applicants  for  the  different  grades  of  elementary  certificates  are  all 
examined  in  the  same  subjects. 

The  elementary  certificate  of  the  first  grade  issued  on  examination 
shall  be  valid  for  three  years  from  the  date  of  issuance.  It  shall  not  be 
issued  to  any  person  whose  general  average  is  less  than  85  per  cent 
or  whose  grade  is  less  than  65  per  cent  in  any  one  subject.  The  ele¬ 
mentary  certificate,  first  grade,  shall  not  be  issued  to  any  person  under  1 
20  years  of  age,  nor  to  any  person  who  has  not  had  sixteen  months  of 
successful  experience  in  teaching.  Such  certificate  may  be  renewed 
by  the  State  Board  of  Education  according  to  such  rules  and  regula¬ 
tions  as  the  Board  may  prescribe. 

Credits  Toward  a  First-Grade  Elementary  Certificate:  An 
applicant  for  an  elementary  certificate  who  shall  make  in  any  regular 
examination  a  standing  of  85  per  cent  in  any  subject  shall  receive 
credit  in  such  subject  toward  a  first-grade  elementary  certificate ;  and 
the  State  Board  of  Education  may  allow  credit  for  satisfactory  work 
done  by  applicants  for  certificates  on  examination,  in  a  standard  sum¬ 
mer  school,  in  determining  their  per  cent  standing  in  any  subject  or 
subjects. 

The  elementary  certificate,  second  grade,  shall  be  valid  for  two  years 
from  the  date  of  issuance  and  shall  be  issued  upon  examination  in  all 
subjects  required  for  the  first-grade  elementary  certificate;  provided, 
that  no  second-grade  elementary  certificate  on  examination  shall  be 
issued  to  any  person  whose  general  average  is  less  than  75  per  cent,  or 
whose  grade  is  less  than  60  per  cent  in  any  one  subject.  In  no  case 
shall  an  elementary  certificate  of  the  second  grade  be  renewed. 

No  certificate  will  be  issued  to  any  person  under  18  years  of  age. 

HIGH-SCHOOL  CERTIFICATES  ON  EXAMINATION 

Examinations  for  high-school  certificates  will  be  given  at  each  of  the 
semiannuals ;  provided,  that  there  are  applicants  therefor  who  have 
made  application  to  the  State  Board  of  Education  at  least  thirty  days 
prior  thereto,  designating  the  subjects  they  will  be  prepared  to  present 
from  groups  B  and  C  as  shown  below. 

For  convenience  of  illustration,  the  subjects  of  examination  may  be 
placed  in  three  groups  classified  as  A,  B,  C.  In  group  A,  all  are  to  be 
taken ;  in  B,  one  only ;  in  C,  three.  . 

A.  English  grammar,  spelling,  arithmetic,  English  literature,  gen¬ 
eral  history,  history  of  the  United  States,  civil  government,  algebra, 
plane  geometry,  physics,  history  and  methods  of  teaching. 

B.  Latin,  French,  German,  Spanish. 

C.  Rhetoric,  English  history,  solid  geometry,  physical  geography, 
chemistry,  botany,  zoology. 


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A  high-school  certificate  issued  on  examination  shall  be  valid  for 
four  years  from  the  date  of  issuance ;  it  will  not  be  issued  to  any  per¬ 
son  whose  general  average  is  less  than  90  per  cent,  or  to  any  person 
who  is  under  20  years  of  age.  It  may  be  renewed  by  the  State  Board  of 
Education  according  to  such  rules  and  regulations  as  the  Board  may 
prescribe. 

Credit  toward  a  high-school  certificate,  to  be  obtained  on  examina¬ 
tion,  may  be  allowed,  in  the  discretion  of  the  State  Board,  for  any 
required  high-school  subject  satisfactorily  completed  in  a  standard 
college ;  and  credit  may  be  allowed  to  applicants  who  hold  a  Nevada 
elementary  certificate  of  the  first  grade  for  a  standing  of  90  or  more 
made  in  any  of  the  required  subjects  of  examination  for  a  high-school 
certificate,  as  shown  on  the  certificate  and  in  the  record  in  the  State 
Superintendent’s  office. 

All  examination  papers  are  graded  by  the  State  Board  of  Educa¬ 
tional  Examiners,  at  Carson  City,  Nevada,  unless  otherwise  specified 
by  the  State  Board  of  Education.  Applicants  will  be  notified  of  their 
success  or  failure  by  letter. 


SPECIAL  CERTIFICATES  FOR  VOCATIONAL  SUBJECTS 

The  regular  high-school  certificates  do  not  cover  vocational  and  other 
special  subjects.  For  these,  special  certificates  are  issued,  based  on 
training  and  experience  satisfactory  to  the  State  Board  of  Education. 
( See  sections  23  and  33  of  the  School  Code ;  also  Bulletin  No.  2  of 
Vocational  Education.) 

By  special  action  of  the  State  Board  in  December,  1917,  the  list  of 
subjects  for  special  certification  was  extended  so  as  to  include,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Board,  such  subjects  as  the  needs  of  the  schools  might 
require  during  the  period  of  the  war,  the  same  being  warranted  by 
paragraph  3  of  section  23  of  the  School  Code  which  was  enacted  subse¬ 
quent  to  section  33. 

LIFE  DIPLOMAS 

For  laws  governing  the  issuance  of  life  diplomas,  see  School  Code, 
sections  28  and  29. 

Forty-five  months  of  successful  teaching  is  required  of  graduates  of 
the  Nevada  four-year  State  Normal  School,  and  for  graduates  of  the 
two-year  State  Normal ;  for  all  other  teachers,  sixty  months  of  suc¬ 
cessful  teaching  is  required  and  twenty-four  months  of  said  teaching 
must  have  been  in  Nevada. 

Life  diplomas  are  of  two  grades,  high-school  and  elementary.  Forms 
for  application  therefor  are  furnished  by  the  State  Superintendent  of 
Schools. 

TEMPORARY  CERTIFICATES 
Regulations  of  the  State  Board  of  Education 

1.  A  temporary  certificate  should  not  be  granted  to  any 
applicant  who  failed  in  the  semiannual  teachers’  examina¬ 
tion  immediately  preceding  application  therefor,  or  who  was 
in  the  State  and  failed  to  take  the  examination,  except  as 
follows : 

(a)  That  such  applicant  in  the  interim,  attended  a  stand¬ 
ard  normal  school  or  a  standard  summer  school  for  a  period  of 


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not  less  than  six  weeks  and  made  a  satisfactory  record  therein, 
as  officially  attested  by  such  school ;  or 

(b)  That  such  applicant  has  done  two  or  more  years  of 
study  successfully  in  a  standard  college  or  university. 

2.  Temporary  certificates  should  not  be  granted  to  appli¬ 
cants  from  other  States  after  a  semiannual  teachers’  examina¬ 
tion,  unless  said  applicants  hold  teachers’  certificates,  state, 
county,  or  city,  and  have  had  some  experience  in  teaching  in 
this  or  other  States,  except  as  follows : 

(a)  That  the  applicant  or  applicants  shall  have  had  one 
year  or  more  of  training  in  a  standard  normal  school ;  or 

(b)  Two  or  more  years  of  successful  work  in  a  standard 
college  or  university. 

3.  A  temporary  certificate  will  not  be  issued  to  any  teacher 
who  is  to  act  as  principal  of  a  high  school  or  of  an  elementary 
school. 

4.  Temporary  certificates  are  not  to  be  issued  on  county 
certificates  of  other  States  until  applicants’  credentials  are 
filed  with  the  Secretary  of  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

5.  In  granting  temporary  certificates,  Deputy  Superinten¬ 
dents  should  fill  them  out  properly,  including  specifications  of 
credentials  on  back  of  certificates,  sign  and  date  them,  and  at 
once  forward  them  to  the  State  Superintendent  for  counter¬ 
signing  and  registering;  and  they  shall  at  once  notify  the 
persons  to  whom  such  certificates  are  granted  of  the  limita¬ 
tions  and  duration  of  said  certificates.  All  temporary  certifi¬ 
cates  upon  being  countersigned  by  the  State  Superintendent 
will  be  returned  to  the  Deputy  Superintendent  issuing  them. 

6.  Temporary  certificates  should  be  issued  to  teachers  'whose 
credentials  are,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Deputy  Superintendent, 
probably  sufficient  for  certification  by  the  State  Board  with¬ 
out  examination,  but  not  clearly  so,  as  the  certificates  thus 
issued  are  intended  to  bridge  over  probable  favorable  action 
by  said  Board. 

Temporary  Certificates  Not  Necessary,  When.  In  all  cases 
where  the  credentials  submitted  are  clearly  sufficient  for  cer¬ 
tification  by  the  State  Board,  Deputy  Superintendents  may 
consider  the  regular  certificates  as  issued  and  place  teachers 
on  the  legal  list  to  receive  salaries,  pending  formal  action  in 
the  premises  by  the  State  Board. 

The  first,  second,  fifth,  and  sixth  of  the  foregoing  resolutions  for 
temporary  certificates  were  adopted  by  the  State  Board  of  Education, 
August  27,  1913,  and  the  third  and  fourth,  January  25,  1915.  They 
were  designed  to  secure  uniformity  of  requirement  in  all  the  super¬ 
vision  districts,  to  promote  reasonable  efficiency  of  training,  and  to 
expedite  the  certification  of  teachers. 

THIRD-GRADE  ELEMENTARY  CERTIFICATES 

Note  the  following  regulation  as  to  third-grade  elementary  certifi¬ 
cates — granted  only  after  the  December  examinations  and  good  only 


in  the  school  district  in  which  the  teacher  has  been  employed  up  to 
said  examinations  on  a  temporary  certificate.  (See  School  Code,  sec¬ 
tion  27)  : 

Beginning  with  September  1,  1915,  a  third-grade  certificate 
will  not  be  granted  to  any  teacher  making  less  than  seventy 
(70)  per  cent  in  general  average  or  less  than  fifty  (50)  per 
cent  in  any  subject*-.. 


State  Superintendent  of  Schools. 


